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president obama announced at a joint press appearance, that the u.s. would send a special envoy as an attempt to curb or stop north korea's nuclear ambition. auto another nuclear front, the president was asked about iran looking like they're going to reject that deal. and he said they are now pursuing sanctions or starting to lay the groundwork on what economic sanctions could look like. of course that could go through the united nations. the president returns tonight in washington. he'll have a full plate on the agenda and health care strategy. >> thanks so much, chuck. >>> last night senate majority liter harry reid finally unveiled his long-awaited plan. it is a plan sure to provide plenty of intense debate in the senate over the coming weeks. the $849 billion measure aims to extend coverage to 94% of eligible americans. merging two senate bills into one, funding for the proposal would come from cuts and future medicare spending and higher payroll taxes for the nation's highest earners. the plan would reduce the deficit by $127 billion over a decade
president obama announced at a joint press appearance, that the u.s. would send a special envoy as an attempt to curb or stop north korea's nuclear ambition. auto another nuclear front, the president was asked about iran looking like they're going to reject that deal. and he said they are now pursuing sanctions or starting to lay the groundwork on what economic sanctions could look like. of course that could go through the united nations. the president returns tonight in washington. he'll have...
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she was asked to rate obama's performance as a president on a scale of 1 to 10. and palin was like, "oh, that's easy, 'f.'" [ laughter ] and actually, on a scale from 1 to 10, palin rated president obama a 4. that's what she said, yeah. a 4. or as bill clinton refers to a 4 -- [ as bill clinton ] "totally doable." [ laughter ] "or two 2s. whatever you want to -- it still equals 4." later in the interview, palin said that president obama's economic plans were "back-asswards." [ laughter ] they were "back-asswards." and then obama said that sarah palin is ucking funqualified to be talking about it. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] you know i was sweating that one. i was like -- i might slip just a little bit and then -- [ laughter ] hey, you guys we're celebrating nbc's green week here at rockefeller center. it's green week. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. what better way -- what better way to celebrate than ripping out a giant tree out of the ground, covering it with lights and leaving them on for a month, isn't that great? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] w
she was asked to rate obama's performance as a president on a scale of 1 to 10. and palin was like, "oh, that's easy, 'f.'" [ laughter ] and actually, on a scale from 1 to 10, palin rated president obama a 4. that's what she said, yeah. a 4. or as bill clinton refers to a 4 -- [ as bill clinton ] "totally doable." [ laughter ] "or two 2s. whatever you want to -- it still equals 4." later in the interview, palin said that president obama's economic plans were...
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before leaving south korea, obama visited u.s. troops and thanked them for their service. >>> a suicide bomber killed at least 19 people today in northwestern pakistan. it is the latest in a series of attacks by islamic militants who are fighting back against an army offensive in the border region between afghanistan and pakistan. >>> air travelers may see some big delays today, mainly on departures because of a nationwide computer problem affecting all the airlines. the glitch has forced officials to process flights manually. >>> aaa is predicting more than 38 million americans will travel at least 50 miles this thanksgiving. that's a 1.5% increase over last year. more travelers will drive, but fewer will go by air because of tight budgets, added charges and fewer flights. >>> senate republicans are vowing to block health care legislation unveiled wednesday by majority leader harry reid. the long-awaited bill would cost $849 billion over ten years. more moderate democrats are also not on board, and senate debate is expected in th
before leaving south korea, obama visited u.s. troops and thanked them for their service. >>> a suicide bomber killed at least 19 people today in northwestern pakistan. it is the latest in a series of attacks by islamic militants who are fighting back against an army offensive in the border region between afghanistan and pakistan. >>> air travelers may see some big delays today, mainly on departures because of a nationwide computer problem affecting all the airlines. the...
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. >> reporter: geithner defended the obama administration's stewardship of the economy. >> if you look at any member of confident in the financial system, it is substantially stronger today than when the president of the united states took office. >> reporter: tonight as the president returned from a week-long visit to asia, the white house reacted and expressed confidence in geithner. and, brian, all of this conflict comes just as congress is debating this week, making big changes to financial regulation, intended to prevent the kind of industry collapse we saw last year. brian? >> kelly o'donnell on the hill tonight starting us off. kelly, thanks. >>> now to the other prong of anger over this economy. to the west coast we go, where in los angeles today thousands of students protested plans for a huge increase in the cost of an education in the university of california system. our own george lewis is on the campus of ucla tonight. joe george, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it's been a day of noisy but generally peaceful protests as students watched the regents approve
. >> reporter: geithner defended the obama administration's stewardship of the economy. >> if you look at any member of confident in the financial system, it is substantially stronger today than when the president of the united states took office. >> reporter: tonight as the president returned from a week-long visit to asia, the white house reacted and expressed confidence in geithner. and, brian, all of this conflict comes just as congress is debating this week, making big...
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things are clearing up from 805 to obama. -- 895 to o'donnell. >> we are dealing with a rain showers out there. not going to be steady rain. when it is not ready, there will be fog and drizzle. on the eastern shore, we know there is fog and drizzle there. but could be a thunderstorm this up again. off and on rainshowers. it should clear up as we head into the weekend saturday and sunday look ok. >> we will have another update at 8:55. ♪ who says i can't get stoned, turn off the lights and the telephone ♪ ♪ me in my house alone, who says i can't get stoned ♪ >>> 8:30 on a thursday morning, the 19th day of november, 2009. just a week to go until thanksgiving. you can almost smell the turkey in the air. or is that my co-host? out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with meredith vieira. and by the way, these people are listening to the music of john mayer, who is just doing a little strumming in our studio. >> he's good. >> john mayer is going to perform a couple songs for us starting in this half hour. >> great. >> that sounds fun. >> great. >> and next week we have three huge c
things are clearing up from 805 to obama. -- 895 to o'donnell. >> we are dealing with a rain showers out there. not going to be steady rain. when it is not ready, there will be fog and drizzle. on the eastern shore, we know there is fog and drizzle there. but could be a thunderstorm this up again. off and on rainshowers. it should clear up as we head into the weekend saturday and sunday look ok. >> we will have another update at 8:55. ♪ who says i can't get stoned, turn off the...
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. >> president obama is predicted that he will be convicted and executed. >> in tonight's medical alert, senate majority leader harry reid has taken the wraps off health care legislation. the cost, $849 billion over the next decade. he said the legislation will save lives, money, and help medicare. centers are expected to debate that bill later this week. also, a new debate is brewing about mammograms and when women should start getting them. on monday, a government panel recommended that women not at risk for breast cancer need not scheduled a first mammogram until they turn 50, and then only needed to be checked every two years. that recommendation is a complete break from the american cancer society's longstanding position that women should get mammograms screening beginning at the age of 40. today, several female lawmakers spoke candidly about the proposed guidelines. >> we cannot go down this path. we all know that early screening and detection saves lives. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said that today while the new evidence should be considered, mammogra
. >> president obama is predicted that he will be convicted and executed. >> in tonight's medical alert, senate majority leader harry reid has taken the wraps off health care legislation. the cost, $849 billion over the next decade. he said the legislation will save lives, money, and help medicare. centers are expected to debate that bill later this week. also, a new debate is brewing about mammograms and when women should start getting them. on monday, a government panel...
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obama leaves tomorrow for a ten-day trip to singapore, china, south korea and japan. meanwhile, today, joe biden ate breakfast, lunch and dinner at panda express. [ laughter ] very, very busy week. [ cheers and applause ] president obama, he said that he would be happy to travel, more than happy to travel to copenhagen in december for the global climate conference, if his presence would make a difference. and then the olympic committee was like, "oh, yeah, it makes a huge difference. yeah." yeah, it really makes a great difference. hey, the woman who wrote the "twilight" book, stephenie meyer, she is going to be on "oprah" this friday. millions of people would be excited, but when you subtract twilight fans that are in school during "oprah," and oprah fans that don't know what "twilight" is, there is only one person left, and i'm super stoked, you guys. [ laughter ] i'm really -- i cannot wait to watch this episode. this is going to be -- [ drumroll ] [ cheers and applause ] oh, yeah. it's going to be exciting! i saw this last night. susan boyle performed "i dreamed a
obama leaves tomorrow for a ten-day trip to singapore, china, south korea and japan. meanwhile, today, joe biden ate breakfast, lunch and dinner at panda express. [ laughter ] very, very busy week. [ cheers and applause ] president obama, he said that he would be happy to travel, more than happy to travel to copenhagen in december for the global climate conference, if his presence would make a difference. and then the olympic committee was like, "oh, yeah, it makes a huge difference....
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tough talk from president obama on north korea and iran. the president said the u.s. is discussing new punishments against iran for not halting its nuclear weapons pursuits. a u.s. envoy will travel for the first bilateral talks since he took office. the judge sided with home owners suing the corps saying poor oversight of the mississippi gluffle outlet led to flooding. it could open the floodgates for other lawsuits and give future plaintiffs a better shot of proving their claims. a bus apparently ran off the road near austin. it was returning from a casino in iowa. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. >> this morning this morning's consumer alert. forget flu vaccine shortages. this is a real national emergency here. america is running low on eggo waffles. production has been shut down at one of the plants. combine that with non-flooding related equipment programs with the largest eggo bakery in tennessee and you have cooked up a nationwide shortage. rest assured, we will not lego this story until the crisis is resolved. california is staying steps
tough talk from president obama on north korea and iran. the president said the u.s. is discussing new punishments against iran for not halting its nuclear weapons pursuits. a u.s. envoy will travel for the first bilateral talks since he took office. the judge sided with home owners suing the corps saying poor oversight of the mississippi gluffle outlet led to flooding. it could open the floodgates for other lawsuits and give future plaintiffs a better shot of proving their claims. a bus...
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the new jersey airport worker that was overheard talking about shooting president barack obama is out of jail tonight. last friday, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of harassment. he was arrested last month and sped abound -- and spent about a month in jail. >> the fate of baltimore mayor sheila dixon lies in the hands of a jury right now. i-team reporter david collins joins us live with an update. >> the jurors had four questions before they were asked to be dismissed for the day. can they see the witness transcripts, question no. one. the judge said no. the second question, what is the legal definition of misappropriation? third question, does the intent to deprive involve a time period? that question will be taken up tomorrow. the judge dismissed the jury today, saying the best thing you can do now is to go away. her attorney said it has been a hard couple of weeks for her. coming up at 6:00, closing arguments prompted some very inappropriate behavior in the court room. we will shed light on that. >> thank you. defense secretary robert gates has announced an investigation into
the new jersey airport worker that was overheard talking about shooting president barack obama is out of jail tonight. last friday, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of harassment. he was arrested last month and sped abound -- and spent about a month in jail. >> the fate of baltimore mayor sheila dixon lies in the hands of a jury right now. i-team reporter david collins joins us live with an update. >> the jurors had four questions before they were asked to be dismissed for the...
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. >> on a scale of one to ten, ten being the best, where do you rate barack obama? >> a four. a four. there are a lot of decisions being made that i am not in impressed with. >> what would you do about unemployment if you were president? >> i would cut taxes and let more small businesses keep what they earn and reinvest and hire more people. not punishing them by forcing health care reform down their throats. forcing an energy policy down their throats that ultimately will tax them more and cost them more to stay in business. those are back-asswards ways of trying to fix the economy. >> backass-wards, huh? how is giving poor people health care shoving something down their throats and punishing them? where does she get the ideas from? >> not from the reality that you and i live in. i think if she were this barack obama's position and facing the problems he is, she would resign? she doesn't seem up to faces the challenges of a relatively easy to run state with a small population. i don't think she's in a place to judge barack obama. >> she's a quitter. >> she is. all
. >> on a scale of one to ten, ten being the best, where do you rate barack obama? >> a four. a four. there are a lot of decisions being made that i am not in impressed with. >> what would you do about unemployment if you were president? >> i would cut taxes and let more small businesses keep what they earn and reinvest and hire more people. not punishing them by forcing health care reform down their throats. forcing an energy policy down their throats that ultimately...
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ten, ten being the best, where do you rate barack obama? >> a four. a four. there are a lot of decisions being made that i am not in pressed with. >> what would you do about unemployment if you were president? >> i would cut taxes and let more small businesses keep what they earn and reinvest and hire more people. not punishing them by forcing health care reform down their troets, forcing an energy policy down their throats that will ultimately tax them more and cost them more to stay in business. those are back-asswards ways of trying to fix the economy. >> how is giving poor pooem health care shoving something down their throats and punishing them? where does she get the requesteds from? >> not from the reality that you and i live in. i think if she were this barack obama's position and facing the problems he is, she would resign? she doesn't seem up to faces the challenges of a relatively easy to run state with a small population. i don't think she's in a place to judge barack obama. >> she's a quitter. >> she is. all of her policies are
ten, ten being the best, where do you rate barack obama? >> a four. a four. there are a lot of decisions being made that i am not in pressed with. >> what would you do about unemployment if you were president? >> i would cut taxes and let more small businesses keep what they earn and reinvest and hire more people. not punishing them by forcing health care reform down their troets, forcing an energy policy down their throats that will ultimately tax them more and cost them more...
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president obama is deciding whether to send up to 40,000 more troops to afghanistan at the moment. >>> navy investigators have written a scorching criticism of the crew of the u.s. submarine that crashed into another submarine in the gulf. the submarine tolerated sleeping, slouching and a radio room rigged with music speakers. they smashed into the new orleans on october 20, but damage exceeded 1 milli$1 milli. >>> donations have been coming in for turkeys, but the amount has dropped this year. but big mama says she still has the faith. >> we still need quite a few turkeys. >> i need turkeys, jerry, right now. and i will be up for the next two days, no sleep. come any time. >> i love that woman. she just wants to make it happen. help her if you can. big mama right there. go to cnn.com/robin. scroll down to our important web sites section if you can help her with those 20,000 turkeys. >> god bless her. >>> the soccer player who was caught on tape. she says she does not recognize herself on that tape. she doesn't normally wear red, i don't know, what's the deal? >> she is an all-confere
president obama is deciding whether to send up to 40,000 more troops to afghanistan at the moment. >>> navy investigators have written a scorching criticism of the crew of the u.s. submarine that crashed into another submarine in the gulf. the submarine tolerated sleeping, slouching and a radio room rigged with music speakers. they smashed into the new orleans on october 20, but damage exceeded 1 milli$1 milli. >>> donations have been coming in for turkeys, but the amount has...
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obama visited u.s. troops stationed at the air base in south korea. and he thanked them for their service. >> we honor you for your sacrifices. and just as you've fulfilled your responsibilities to your nation, your nation will fulfill its responsibilities to you. so as commander in chief, here's the commitment i make. we'll make sure you can meet the missions we ask you to go on. that's why we're increasing the defense budget, to keep you the best trained, best led, best equipped military in the world. >> president obama also announced plans to send an envoy to north korea next month to help prod that country back to six-party talks on nuclear disarmament. >>> so how would you like to be able to drive your car using your iphone as a remote control? engineers in austin did it using a rigged car and an experimental a prk p that uses the iphone's internal sensor. so to steer you just turn the iphone and you get a bunch of people to ride on the car. touch screen sliders control the gas and brake. >> when we're driving with the iphone, we like to drive it
obama visited u.s. troops stationed at the air base in south korea. and he thanked them for their service. >> we honor you for your sacrifices. and just as you've fulfilled your responsibilities to your nation, your nation will fulfill its responsibilities to you. so as commander in chief, here's the commitment i make. we'll make sure you can meet the missions we ask you to go on. that's why we're increasing the defense budget, to keep you the best trained, best led, best equipped...
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. >>> and new this morning for you, president obama saying u.s. allies are discussing ways to punish iran for rejecting a nuclear deal. he made that comment in south korea on the very last day of his asian tour. eight days long. he says there will likely be sanctions over the next several weeks. yesterday iran defined a deal designed to ease international fears that iran plans to build nuclear weapons which it does deny. >>> the wild turkey we've been telling you about has been running around new jersey, the new jersey turnpike toll booth for months, now often the road. they finally caught her yesterday. there she is. toll booth work eers have been call her tammy the turnpike turkey. they like to ill lit rate. they adopted her but doctors are complaining so they set up to catch her. the first attempt did not go so well. >> well, i was a little concerned, afraid we were going to see tammy two, turnpike zero. >> she is going to a zoo and we understand she will soon share a home with a male turkey named gobbles. which is funny because sometimes i cal
. >>> and new this morning for you, president obama saying u.s. allies are discussing ways to punish iran for rejecting a nuclear deal. he made that comment in south korea on the very last day of his asian tour. eight days long. he says there will likely be sanctions over the next several weeks. yesterday iran defined a deal designed to ease international fears that iran plans to build nuclear weapons which it does deny. >>> the wild turkey we've been telling you about has...
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president obama is deciding whether to send 40,000 more troops to afghanistan. secretary of state hillary clinton attended the inauguration. afterwards she said karzai's inauguration speech laid out an ambitious agenda. >> i was very pleased to hear today when president karzai says that he hopes that within three years the afghan security forces will have the lead in important areas and within five years, which is an ambitious goal but he stated it, the afghan security forces would have the lead throughout the country. >> okay. from those fresh pictures today to these of the action outside the international space station. live pictures. you seat the feet on the right-hand side. one of the astronauts there, two shuttle astronauts, in fact, are on the first of three scheduled space walks. the extra gear will help keep the space station running after the shuttle fleet is retired next year. this is the first space walk for dr. robert sacher, the first orthopedic surgeon in space. >>> passengers across the country, i know some of you are having a tough time taking of
president obama is deciding whether to send 40,000 more troops to afghanistan. secretary of state hillary clinton attended the inauguration. afterwards she said karzai's inauguration speech laid out an ambitious agenda. >> i was very pleased to hear today when president karzai says that he hopes that within three years the afghan security forces will have the lead in important areas and within five years, which is an ambitious goal but he stated it, the afghan security forces would have...